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About LGBT+ Diamonds Forum 

It’s been nearly five years since we’ve started to build the LGBT+ Diamonds community together!

Your commitment and effort made it possible for us to show gratitude to people and organisations most devoted to improving the situation of LGBT+ community in Poland and raising social awareness in our country. Thank you!

 

 

It is a good moment to move forward

Based on the success of last year’s: LGBT+ Diamonds Awards initiative and Open For Business Summit conference starting from 2023 we join forces to add a new, unique event to the June calendar of events dedicated to LGBT+ and work together for our community in Poland.

 

 

Why?

Recent years have been seen not only as the development of the business community and non-governmental organizations focused around the challenges and successes of the LGBT+ community in the country, but also as a period of significant social changes. Polish companies declare that their involvement in building open, inclusive workplaces is growing. However, there are still many challenges ahead of us.

Let’s talk about the economic harmfulness of discrimination, let’s look at the best business practices in the field of DEI policies and learn the perspective of Polish local governments and non-governmental organizations.

 

 

See you on 22 June 2023! 

Our Speakers

Evan Wolfson
Evan Wolfson
Founder “Freedom to Marry”; Senior Counsel, Dentons
Dominic Arnall
Dominic Arnall
CEO, Open For Business
Ela Bonda
Ela Bonda
Diversity & Inclusion Lead NatWest Group Poland  Head of Property & Workplace NatWest Group Poland 
Agnieszka Kulikowska
Agnieszka Kulikowska
Senior Partner, Page Executive
Kinga Nowakowska
Kinga Nowakowska
Member of the board, COO, Capital Park Group
Andrzej Pacek
Andrzej Pacek
Head of NatWest Poland 
Paweł Panczyj
Paweł Panczyj
Member of The Board, Strategy & Partnerships, ABSL
Joanna Pastor
Joanna Pastor
Senior Manager, Accenture
Bianka Siwińska
Bianka Siwińska
President & CEO, Perspektywy Women in Tech
Hubert Sobecki
Hubert Sobecki
Co-chair of Love Does Not Exclude Association  

Agenda

11:30-12:00

Registration and networking coffee

12:00-12:10 

Official opening of the conference. Introductory speeches

Dominic Arnall
CEO, Open For Business
12:10-13:00 

Opening debate: Gaining by including, losing by discriminating.

Presentation of an updated economic case for inclusion and a discussion on creating a blueprint for inclusive policy-making.

Andrzej Pacek
Head of NatWest Poland 
Dominic Arnall
CEO, Open For Business
13:15-13:30
KEYNOTE SPEECH

Evan Wolfson
Founder “Freedom to Marry”; Senior Counsel, Dentons
13:30-14:15 

Debate: Business takes over the floor – sharing policy-making expectations and own achievements.

14.15-15.30 

Networking LUNCH

15.30-16.15 

Debate: Keeping it local with global approach. Local governments on inclusion.

Paweł Panczyj
Moderator
Member of The Board, Strategy & Partnerships, ABSL
16:15-16:45

Pushing the limits of inclusive business-running. A chat with laureates of „Forbes Women” 2022 list.

Agnieszka Kulikowska
Senior Partner, Page Executive
Kinga Nowakowska
Member of the board, COO, Capital Park Group
Joanna Pastor
Senior Manager, Accenture
Bianka Siwińska
President & CEO, Perspektywy Women in Tech
16.45 – 17.30   

Debate: Exclusion vs belonging. Combating stereotypes and building bridges between the LGBT+ community and external environment. Debate with business and rainbow network representatives .

Ela Bonda
Moderator
Diversity & Inclusion Lead NatWest Group Poland  Head of Property & Workplace NatWest Group Poland 
17:30-19:00

Closing networking coffee

20:00-22:00

Networking Cocktail

20.30-22.00

Night Talks #fiveyearsafter – the changing landscape of LGBT+ communities and their rights. Debate with the selected LGBT+ Diamonds Awards winners from the competition’s previous five editions.

Hubert Sobecki
Co-chair of Love Does Not Exclude Association  
22:00-01:00

LGBT+ Diamonds Party 

Venue

Capitol Theatre & Club

is a unique and inspiring place in the center of Warsaw, near Bankowy Square. Here, two worlds meet: theater and music club, and the theatrical scenery interiors transport guests into a magical world. The events, parties and meetings organized in this remarkable space provide attractions that meet the highest standards and, most importantly, come in an unconventional format.

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Organisers

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